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JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERMAN 



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. I AMIS Si!it>(H I K Ai'i Siir.u.MAN, U<j>ul)lii;aM, 
of rtir;i, N. ^ .. \'i(< resident of tlic United 
Stalfs. ^\a^ liorii in Uu- cily i)f I'tica. OctolKT 24, 
is:).'); his fatluT. Hiiliar.l I'. Slurmaii. also lH»rn 
ill Oiuida C'omily. N. \'., was by profi-vsioii an 
rditor and also j)r()iniiunl in jnil»lic life. The son 
was LTradiiattd tr<>ni I I aiiiill" 'n (nllc^rc li, 1H7H; 
was a lawAir 1"V j)rnrrsMnii, l)ut ri'lirt-d from prar- 
tic'i' in 1 ;•()«; ; wa-s inarrird in IHHl to C'arrif Hal)- 
cock. at Kast Oran^'f, N. .1.; tlircc sons. Shcrrill. 
Uic'hard l'., and 'I'lionias M.. surviving and in 
business at Ttira; was pitsidont of tlu- I tica 
Trust \ Deposit Co.. of I'tica. N. ^'.. and an 
olliccr and director of various local bu.sincss en- 
terprises; an attendant of the Diitch Hefonned 
Chureh and ehairnian of its hoard of tnistees; 
was a «rraduate of Hamilton Colle^rf. uliieh cm)1- 
lege, as well as Wesleyan Tniversity and Titts- 
bur<,di Tniversity, conferred upon bini the degree 
of LL.l). lie was a meml)er of the Uoyal Ar- 
canum and the Order of Klks. He was also a 
member of all the local clubs at I'tica; of the 
Tnion League, Hepublican, and Transportation 
Clubs, of New ^'ork City; of the Metropolitan. 
Universitv. Clievv Chase, and Columbia Clubs. 

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of Washington. He was active in Republican 
politics since 1879; was a frequent delegate to 
State conventions, and presided over the New 
York State Republican conventions in 1895, 
1900, and 1908; was delegate to the Republican 
national convention of 1892; vice chairman of 
the Republican national congressional committee 
for many years prior to 1906, in which year he 
was chairman of the committee. He appeared 
upon the platform in various States in every cam- 
paign from 1892 down; was mayor of Utica in 
1884, and a Member of Congress continuously 
from 1886 to 1908, with a two-year interim from 
1890 to 1892. While in Congress he served on 
the Committees on the Judiciary, the Census, In- 
dustrial Arts and Expositions, Interstate and 
Foreign Commerce, Rules, and Indian Affairs, 
of which latter committee he was chairman for 
fourteen years; was elected Vice President upon 
the ticket with President Taft in 1908. 



Mi'.MoiM \i M 11 ri\(; 

Ol .1 \Mi s St II. H.I tu \i 1 Sill KM AN . held <it The 
liipnhlinni Cliih of the ('it if of Xnc Vnrk. 
5J, n'cst Fnrlitth Stnrt. .\,u Vnrk ('it if, 
Suriddi/ (ifttrnnoti. Xoicrnlur .'',tli, 19 IH. 

Piii Slid N 1 ()ii(»ir: A tVu f\ciiiii;rs a^o, at 
a iiR'iliiiLi of tlu" Kcj)iil)|icaii C'liil). it was su^- 
^'(.sttil Ihat a iiuiiiorial imitiii;,' slimild Ik- Ik-M 
for oiir fritrid Jariifs Schoolcraft Slicrmaii. 
Naturally such a .sij;^r^'(stion as that \\as iiiiarii- 
inoiisly apjji-ovcd, and it is for that reason that 
we arc ;ratjicrcd here to-<lay to jjay trihute to 
the ahility wjiich Mr. Sherman showed in everv 
\\alk of life, hut nioi-t- than that, in liis ami oiir 
own C'lul). to iri\c- cN idtricc of the atft-ction 
wiiich all of us jiad for him. 1 1 is puhlic careiT 
is so well known that it Nvould seem idle for nie. 
as the President of this Cluh. to call |)articidar 
attention to it, hut I can hardly allo\s the oppor- 
tunity to go hy without mentioning the last two 
occasions that I happened to he in the Citv of 
Utica. 

The former occasion was in the earlv part of 
August, at the time o( the formal announcement 
of his renomination t(j tlie oJlice (»f \'iee President, 
and at that time the city was in gala apparel, 
wliich must liave 2>leased not oidv Mr. .Sherman, 

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but everyone who had affection for him. The 
stores closed and the people united, regardless 
of party affiliations, to give a real token of affec- 
tion to their fellow townsman and to pay tribute 
to the man who had always been so loyal to them. 
The next occasion of my being in Utica was at 
the time of the funeral. The gala occasion was 
over and grief was predominant. The decora- 
tion of the American flag was the one similar 
idea that was carried out on the two occasions. 
The people of Utica this latter time were stand- 
ing sorrowfully at the bier of their friend. We 
constantly hear quoted, and we frequently say 
ourselves, " A prophet is not without honor save 
in his own country! " This did not obtain with 
Sherman. 

The people that knew him best loved him most. 
His neighbors were more sorrowful than even 
his other political acquaintances. Never, I be- 
lieve, has there been excelled such perfect, such 
fitting and such loving tributes as were shown to 
Sherman on the occasion of his nomination and 
at the time when it was necessary to pay the last 
tribute to him. 

Others will speak more in detail of the great 
service that he has rendered his country, and I 
will do nothing further than to read to you the 
letter which I have received from the President 
of the United States, dated November 21, 1912. 



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NoVKMIU 11 -I . I'M J, 

M \ Di \i{ M K. l^ursiDiN r: 

1 ^rtatly ic^^nct tli;it I (aimnt l.c jiresent on 
Simday, N()\ ( iiiIkt 'JUli. to tiiUc part in tin- 
iiR'inorial srr\ iic to lli<- late (In- I loiKirahU* 
.lames Si-Ii(»()l( raft SIk riiiari. N'icr President nf 
till' Inited States. 

It was Iii\ ;4ii(i(i rnltlllie tn klinw Ml". SIhT- 

mari in such an (»llirial relation as lliat our jxT- 
.sonal relations lieeaine close. lie iiad liad a \ery 
fxtiiidi-d ari|naintanee uilh the ( ioverruneiit. 
His lonL;: term of sir\ iie in tlu- House of Itej)- 
resentatives ;.ca\e liim an exjiirii-nee tliat made 
liim a most useful |)ul)lie s<rvant. As the lieail 
of the Committee on Indian AfVairs. lie knew 
more })erlKi|)s about Indian matters tlwui any 
legislator of his time. It was a tield for le>^i.s- 
lation reiiuirin^C ;4:riat kno\\led;^e of detail and 
jjresentiriLr no \ery satisfactory ^.jeneral line of 
policy. He \\as mo\<(l in it l»y a sincere desire 
to secure the welfare of the wards of the nation, 
and he resisted and freijuently succeeded in <ie- 
featin*,^ scheine.s for defrauding' the Indian wiiieh 
the low moral tone in res|)ict to such matters 
which j)re\ails in territory adjacent to Indian 
territorv too fre(|uently |)roiiij)ted. 

Mr. Sherman hated shams, believed in regu- 
lar ])artv or;i:ani/ation. and was more anxious 
to hold the ;4-ood thing's establislied l»y the past 
than to surrender them in a search for less cer- 
tain benetits to be derived from radical chan^'cs 
in the future. He was a man capalde of aeeofii- 
plishin^' much in Kunsiation and in other matters 
bv his freedom and charm of speech and man- 

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ner, and his spirit of conciliation and compro- 
mise. He never sought a quarrel, but, like most 
men of a sunny disposition and natural good 
will toward all, he could and did develop a stub- 
born adherence to the principles he regarded as 
necessary to the country's safety, quite in con- 
trast with his ordinary manner and speech. In 
other words, it would be unjust to Mr. Sherman 
to suggest that his sunny disposition and his 
anxiety to make everybody within the reach of 
his influence happy, was any indication of a lack 
of strength of character, of firmness of purpose, 
and of clearness of decision as to what he thought 
right in politics, or in any of the problems that 
he was called upon to solve. 

It would be difficult to mention in public life 
a man more universally loved and who had closer 
and tenderer friends than JNIr. Sherman; and, as 
might be expected, his association with society 
at large was merely a reflection of that beautiful 
sunlight and happy atmosphere that prevailed 
in the more intimate relations of his family life. 

He had great power of quick decision, as 
shown in his rulings in the Senate as its presid- 
ing officer, and great firmness in adherence to 
them. He was able to make rulings against 
contestants in a manner best calculated to keep 
them in good temper, and he displayed, in giv- 
ing his reasons, the thoroughest knowledge of 
parliamentary law and great ability in its appli- 
cation to new questions. 

Everyone who knew Mr. Sherman felt that in 
his death he had lost a friend, and I cannot close 
what I have to say without expressing the pro- 
found but sad pleasure I had in listening to the 

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trilmff paid f<i him li\ Prr-sidrnt Strykrr, which, 
wliiK- it roiiiiiiainh (I jidiniration l»v the proprictv, 
hiauty, .'111(1 cltxniciicf af its dictinii, iiin\i-d thr 
syiM|»afliy and LTrict' of its ht*arrrs liy it.s .si[n|)le 
j)ath(»s and .salisfird tlicir estimate nt' Mr. Sher- 
man l)y its just ice. 

Sinc(rrl\ \Mnrs. 

WM II TviT. 

Hon. .1. \' \\ \ It II lis ()i((.ii. l*r(.\i(l(tit, 
Tlu- Kr|tuliliian I llllt nt" tlif (itv nf \rw 
Wnk, :>\ West K)th Stn. t. New ^'nrk. .\ . \. 

^Ik. Oiioi'i-; T would al.s4) sav that \\r had 
ixjurlrd to Iia\c (ioNcrnor l^iack iuri-. hut I 
havf rt'crivfd a tcKii^ram tVom him saying it was 
impossihU' tor him to attmd. owin^ t«) a drath 
in his lamily. 1 also rcccivfd a tcK'^j^ram from 
I'rcsidt-nt Strykrr. of Hamilton ColU-^c, rc- 
•^rctting his inahility to l)c j)rc:icnl. 

I 'I'hc \t\v ^'o^k 'l\-mj)lar Qiiartft, consisting 
r)f Dr. Carl K. Dutrt. Mr. Harry H. M.M.k. 

.Ml-. (Jcortrt- StuPLris, and Mr. Herman 'I'rost, 
.Jr.. ;it this time rtudirrd " 'I'lu- l.ord is .My 
.Sjicpli(.-rd." ] 

Tin. Lord Is Mv .Snrrmiti) 

'I'Ir- Lord is my Sh<-|>hcrd, no uant shall I know; 
1 tccd in i^rttn pastures, saiV t't)ldt»i I nst : 
He kadcth my soul whence the still uatcr.s How, 
Restores me when wandering, reileeins when 
opj)ressed. 

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Thro' the valley and shadow of death tho' I stray, 
Since Thou art my Guardian, no evil I fear; 
Thy rod shall defend me, Thy staff be my stay; 
No harm can befall, with my Comforter near. 

Mr. Olcott: Senator Root. 

Senator Elihu Root: ^Ir. President, it is 
with the deepest feeling of sorrow that I now 
speak of the loss of our Vice President, for I 
have felt his loss too deeply to talk about it. 

I had known him practically all his life. 
My earliest recollections are of more than sixty 
years ago, on my grandfather's farm in Oneida 
County, and of the house, the big, white house, 
with the great columns, upon the adjoining farm 
of his grandfather, Willet Sherman. James 
Sherman inherited his feeling for the develop- 
ment of American manufacture from that 
grandfather, who away back in the early days 
of American manufacturing was the head and 
front and superintendent of one of the first 
glass manufactories in the United States, a glass 
factory at Vernon, where they made glass with 
wood as fuel long before the Erie Canal, run- 
ning back into the early years of the eighteenth 
century. 

Mr. Sherman and I were born in the same 
county and lived always in adjoining towns. 
We were in the same college, and belonged to 
the same college society, and I knew him well 

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as lie carnr iij) frofn a Imy. \\ ( Ix Itjrj^cil to the 
saiMc jxtlilicil p.irty; ImIoii^m «l to tlu- saiiir cUihs 
and were cnnstaiif ly iiicctiii^' ; \\v uorkcil for 
many years. ii|) to tlic time ot" liis ilratli. as co- 
tnistfts of oiii- coll. 14c i,\' llamilton. and f<»r a 
pood many years, and \\\u\r I was in nn rxreii- 
ti\c otliee in W'asliiFiLrton. lie \s as one of the ^rcat 
liadtis of my party iti tin I A-^islativr hraucli. 
and one of the little ;^nnii|) who directed jind 
arran^^ed the action of the Ilonseof Hcj)res<-nta- 
ti\ts; and then tor thric years 1 was fortunate 
(.Mion^di to sit under his |>rcsidin^ control as the 
President of the Senate, and it uas a hrij^dit sj)ot 
in the most tedious or dullest dav of either lahor 
or dehatc when wc could slip away, the \'icc 
President and myself and three or four friends, 
sometimes one and sometimes another, and could 
lunch together in the Senate restaurant. In all 
tiiat lonn course of years of that intimati- asso- 
ciation, with so many dilVerent relations. Ixith in 
his family and in his husiness and in his political 
life, and all the ditlereid phases «)f his life, I have 
never known him to utter a word or a thought 
which would not do honor to a ;^i-nt!eman, to a 
friend, to a lover of his country; never a won! 
that was tin^^^ed with nieaiuies.s, or sinalliicss, or 
spite, or selfishness, or anything i^nohlc or un- 
worthy in any way. 

The first and the jirevailin;^ imprission wjiich 
he made uj»on men uas that uiiich is iilu.stratcti 

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by the sobriquet, " Sunny Jim." His smile was 
always bright; his fair, ruddy face was always 
glowing with kindly feeling; and the impression 
produced by his just and sweet and serene tem- 
perament was so strong that the world thought 
of him as a bright and cheerful man. It was all 
real; there was none of it put on. He had no 
recourse to the arts of the poHtician. He needed 
not to have recourse to them, because this sym- 
pathetic relation which arose between him and 
all who met him came by nature. He pretended 
nothing. He never sought to produce an effect 
or to produce an impression. He was himself 
always. Underlying this, however — underlying 
this sweet and briglit and cheerful and happy 
appearance, and the fact of it, there was a solid, 
substantial, positive and enduring character. 

Throughout his life he exhibited in all rela- 
tions the two characteristics which made him an 
almost perfect presiding officer. One was a de- 
cision of character, and the other was the essen- 
tial, kindly judgment. 

That was so from his boyhood up. He was 
so clear in his own judgment, so free from doubt 
and uncertainty, and so kindly in his expression 
of his opinion and his conclusions that nobody 
quarreled with him because of differing with 
him; never. 

Sherman belonged to the class, that great 
class of men who are under the compulsion of 

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their nature fi> dn tliiiiL,'s. Aiunn^j the iiniltitiulr 
i)f divisions ill' mankind they nia\' he distrihiitet) 
on the one si(h' or on the other of the ever- 
reeiiiiinLi and ettnlimiinLT eonlliet h<-t\v»'cii rtTl- 
eieiicN' and hlxrty. 'I'o secure the hij4;h('st rl!]- 
eieney there must he some surrender of liherlv. 
and to seeiire eonijilete hl)ert\' N'oii \sill ]\:i\f to 
ahandon tlie highest ellieienew Those [\\(} are 
eontinualK in eoutliel. Sherman h< lon^T'd to the 
type ot' man who regards ellieieiiey and there- 
fore he was for or;^ani/.ation. for diseij)hne, for 
united effort, and thire is always a misuriihT- 
standin!4 het\\cen these t\so t\|»es of men. and 
Sherman's inhorn allcLri-'nu'e to tliat diseiphne 
and or^^anization. which is necessary for the iw- 
eomphshnieiit of thin^^s. made him at odds fre- 
(juently with the jxoplc wlio wi-re resti\i' under 
ornani/al ion and its restraints. Hut never, in all 
the lon^ course of his career as an or^ani/ation 
man, never would attacks on his pur|)oses atnl 
his wishes have led him to yield a p.-irticle in his 
purity ot" piirj)osc and his lo\e of country to tlie 
wildest enthusiasts who s|)urned or^^anizntion. 
lie re«rai"ded or<iani/,ation as a means to an eiul. 
and re^^arded it unseltishly. and hy his exercise 
of his ureat ])ow(rs he accomjjlished ^reat ^imhI 
diiriiiL!," his too hrief life! 

1 have never known a man wlio yielded him- 
self more unreservedly to the dt niands of friend- 
ship, of benevoleiiee, and of coin]>assit)n; who 

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was more under the constant control of a desire 
to help others than he was. I have often won- 
dered how he lived under the swarm of applica- 
tions that came in. If anyone in the region of 
his home was in misfortune ; if anyone was poor ; 
if anyone needed to be helped along the way of 
life — it seemed they all came to him, and he 
never grew restive or impatient or indifferent, 
and never turned a deaf ear to them. 

He fulfilled my idea of a good man, and he 
leaves a memory which cannot be enhanced by 
marble or bronze. 

The simplicity of genuine life, the sincerity 
of true and helpful love for his fellows, the ele- 
vation of a spirit that really loved his country 
and his kind, and a constancy of loyal friend- 
ship, all were his, and we do well to honor his 
memory ! 

Mr. Olcott: Senator Depew. 

Hon. Chauncey M. Depew: Mr. Chairman 
and friends, we all loved Jim Sherman. I never 
knew any man who was so long in public life, 
with the jealousies and animosities which are in- 
cident to such a career, who enjoyed to such an 
unusual degree the affection of his fellow citizens 
of both parties. His career may be one of the 
few exceptions to the rule that a man is not with- 
out honor except in his own country. For 
twenty-two years his neighbors who knew him 

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Iicst k« |)l i( tuniiiii^r I, in, tn llif Ilnusr of Hon- 
rts(iit;iti\(s. Mild (Inul)tl(ss tliis tnluitc \vnn|<| Imvc 
Iktii paid iiiiii so lnii^' as lie li\»d had lu- not 
lu'i-n prniiiittcd t(» the \"\rr I'rcsidcncv. thr mt- 
Olld nllicc in tin- n^it'l n\' t||»- pi n|)|c of tin- rnitril 
States. 'I'Ikisc who kiH \\ him iiit iiiialrU . and 
thiy hail((l from t\(iy State and 'rerritoiy, 
ru'ver ad(h(ssed liim as " Con^icssmaii ShtT- 
iiiaii nr ■■ N'lee I're.sident Shi riiiaii. " hut they 
all came iiiuh r the iiilhieiice of that irresistihic 
inaiHier ol' liis u liicli made oiu- fci-l that th«Tf 
was estalijished hetwtin the C'nu^rfssman <»r the 
\'ic'i- Pnsident a most chummy rchitioii which 
only exists amoriLT colIe;^M- classmates. I le wa.s the 
most popular iinder^n-aduate at Hamilton dur- 
ing'- his coIle;,ri course, and he carried \sitli him 
thrnuLdi life the youthful feelin<,r ,,f cordialitv. 
i)\' Licnei-osily, or unshaken confidence in his fel- 
|o\v s. wjiicj) kej)t simj)Iy enlar;4:inLr as he ^rt-w 
older ^vith cordial intimacy and atl'ection which 
with most students end with ^^raduation. 

Hut wc must, on an occasion like this. l<M»k 
licyond the personal characteristics of our friend 
in the elVort to form an estimate of uiiat ^ave 
him his j)romotion and distinction in puhlic hfi"; 
what U(.rc the amhitions hy which he secured so 
lar«.,re a dcLrree of tli«- confide tice and t steeiii of 
the AiiKiiian pcoj)l( f l\nvironiiieiit and hered- 
ity have most to do in the formation of eliaraeter 
and in tiie makiriLT of a carter. He had an 

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heredity which molded his mind and predestined 
his career. But he lived also all his life in an 
environment which taught freedom and crystal- 
lized his opinions upon public questions. He was 
born and passed his whole life in one neighbor- 
hood, which is part of that remarkable valley of 
the INIohawk that extends from Albany to Buf- 
falo. He had seen settlements for manufacture 
start upon those fertile farms and then become 
prosperous villages and grow into important 
cities. He had seen these manufacturing centers 
constantly expanding in the value of their out- 
put, in the enlargement of their facilities, in the 
extension of their markets, in tlie increase of 
population and in the general and extraordinary 
prosperit^^ All this had happened under his 
eye while he was progressing from boyhood to 
youth, from youth to manhood and from man- 
hood to middle age. He had seen the wonder- 
ful effects of the development of water power 
which had created happy communities out of 
what had been before a wilderness. His studies 
naturally led to an inquiry into the sources of 
this development which had attracted the atten- 
tion not only of the people of the State but of 
the whole country. As his investigations and 
observations extended he became firmly con- 
vinced that these were all due to a policy of 
government, and that that policy was the protec- 
tion of the American manufacturer and giving 

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him Ml far as possible tln' jmsM'vsiou nl tl»( Aiiut- 
icaii iiiaiktt. Ill liis travels aliniad ami iii his 
close examination of eoiulitioiis in other eimii- 
tries, he eailic to the eotiellision. sn lixrij ill hin 
mind that it amount* .1 to a reli^Moii. that the 
Ami lieaii market uas the hest market in the 
woriil and the largest, that the stahihty of our 
institutions and Auk riean eit i/.«nshi|> of a lii^h 
t\|te (It |)tiid((l upon sii piutfetin;,^ that market 
foi- Ammean iahoi- and capital that eom|)et itio-i 
with conditions so dilfereiil in other hi^dily or- 
Lrani/ed industrial nations should not h<- ahle to 
diterioi-ate the standard of American ua;,:es ami 
livin^^ This was the fundamental principle of •" 
all his political career and tlu* active motive of 
his life. At a time when that idea had heconie 
so unpopiilai- witii a ixicentaLTe of the press ot 
the Tinted States, lie sui)])ortrd it. imperilling 
his renomination for the \'ice Presidency, which 
lie intenselv desiri'd. both for the honor, and 1k- 
causc it would make him the only one in the lon^' 
line of \'iec I'residents to whom that honor had 
com<'. I)\- emphatically stalin;^ in his speech of 
acceptance and in a speech preceding iiis nomi- 
nation his views upon this (|uestion in a way 
which his associate s and frit nds tiiou^dit unrieees- 
sarv. liiit he \', as determined that if reelccteil the 
])eo|)le of th( liiited States sliouM l>e in no 
doiiht as to what he re^'arded as essential to tlie 
j)rospcritv ami future of the country. 

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His speech of acceptance and a message given 
later in the canvass are among the notable in- 
cidents in our political history of a man when the 
tide is turning otherwise against his opinions 
daring to risk everything rather than have his 
countrymen mistaken as to his views and policies 
which he would, if possible, carry out. 

He died as he had lived and worked in the 
advocacy of these industrial policies. 

The period of his service in Congress, if we 
take those twenty-two years out of our history 
since the close of the Civil War, were for our 
financial and industrial stability among the most 
critical in our history. With the close of the 
Civil War, we encountered all the difficulties of 
the formation of a new government. Xew con- 
ditions arose which had never existed before. 
The problem of the accumulation of great wealth 
and its proper distribution, so far as legisla- 
tion could legitimately affect it, was an urgent 
problem. The creation of great corporations 
and their combination into greater ones neces- 
sitated by competition and the need of economy 
in administration presented other problems. The 
sectional difficulty had been settled, but these 
questions which grew out of extraordinary pros- 
perity were the ones to be solved. It was a 
period of exjDcriment from the day he entered 
Congress until he took the office of Vice Presi- 
dent, and when the crucial period arrived during 

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the adiiiiiustratioii <<\' PrcM(ltiit t Irvrhiml tor n 
trial of a new cxp* nimiit ditlrn lit from lh<- oiic 
in uliitli Ik- iK-licN (<!. lie liad rrachrd a plftix' 
anions; llic Icadtis of tin- lli'iisc of Ucprf.vnta- 
tivcs. 11 is tlic |t(iiiliarily of all nprisrntutivc 
hodirsaiul of i\try association tiial tluy an- ^'ov- 
iriud hv Kadtis. Tiu' avcratjr man may ri.sc 
and rcai'li t'on^^icvs Ixcausr in- is a |iad<-r in liis 
localiU, Imt win II he i-onus to cxcrcisr tlic lar^'tT 
dutiis uiiiili (UmiIm- uj)on liim as a Urpnsrnta- 
liM-. Ir- linds it is tjusirr to liavt- «)tlurs in whom 
ho lias contidt luf do his thinkin^^ than to do it 
himsilf. iKcansc with most m<n the most «litru-ult 
task, the hanlcst work in tlu- world and the most 
tirt'SoiiK' is to think and tn think hard. 

Durin^!: this j)i'riod ahoiit six mrn lc<l tlic 
House of Kt-presentatives. and tiny ucrc led in 
their tuin iiv two Ncry it iiiarkahle and masterful 
statesmen. Sj)eaker l{eed and S|)eaker Cannon. 
Mr. Sherman was one of this ^^roup during all 
this eritieal time, and uj> to the |K'ri«Hi of his 
})r()iiiotion frnin the House of Representatives 
to the Viee rresideiu-y, he uas a leader in the 
^reat ti«^ht a^^^ainst the etl(»rt to make silver the 
standard of value either hy its own merit or by 
some staiidaid ot' union \v ith ^old. ami also of the 
e\j)eiiiiuiit \sliieli riesidriit Cleveland s<) ear- 
nestly attemi)ted of ^'ettin.«r rid of the princii)le 
of the j)roteetion of American industry and re- 
ducing the tariir to a revenue basis. 

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After the disastrous panic from 1894 to 1896 
he was intimately associated with INIcKinley and 
with Dingley in changing the legislation upon 
this question, and his constructive ability was 
largely instrumental in the framing of what was 
known as the Dingley Tariff Bill, which reversed 
the policy of the preceding administration and 
placed the country again upon a high protective 
basis. There followed for about eight years a 
development of our national resources, the ex- 
tension of our railway systems, the addition to 
our industrial output, the settlement of new 
lands, the government of new territories, and 
the further accumulation of power in corpora- 
tions and individuals which led to almost revolu- 
tionary legislation and a period of great unrest 
in the public mind. Everyone who shared in 
this prosperity came to believe, under the in- 
fluence of a remarkable agitation in powerful 
sections of the press and many political agita- 
tors, that while they were better off than ever 
before they had not received their full share of 
this extraordinary development of prosperity and 
wealth. So strong and deep-seated was this con- 
viction of a wrong which could not be accurately 
defined, that nearly ever^^ public man in the 
country saw how much his popularity could be 
increased and how much it depended upon add- 
ing fuel to the fire. The most remarkable part 
of our friend's career is the manner and the 

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coura^f u nil uliicli In- rrsistcd thr.M' trmptntjjin.*. 
\(t (inr ill iniMif lift- knew iK-ltt-r tlir tniul of 
cunt lit Dpiiiioii. .111(1 IK) one \\as innrt" rapaM*- 
of lu-t'oinitiij: t'lir I'f ils Irailt Is or cxpoiu'lits. Hi* 
li;i(l. Iittw t \ cr. no s\ iiipatliy \vhatrv«T with «lc- 
.slriK-ti\c' polii-its ot' any kiiMl. His iiiiiul was 
const nu-tivc and liis iiu radicaliK- o|)tiinism made 
him I'hnLT |)rrsisltiitly to tht- pohcits and motives 
wliii-h lie IxlicNcd had |)rMihicfd the conditions ill 
the I'oiiiilrv ill \s Im-h all it )oicc<l. Ihougii they may 
not think llu\ had <,n.t th«ir .share ] lie was an 
indi\ idnalist. I \v had worked out his own career, 
with no ad\ anta^eous MMToundin^'s or help, and 
he hcliiM'd e\( iNone conid do tlie same acvordin^ 
to iiis ahilities. lie admired intens<dy the man 
who had sneieeded tar ^rnater than himself in 
j)olitics or ill husiness, hut at the same time he 
U'lieved that they ti(s.r\((l w h.it tli< y had won, 
and that it \sas due to remarkahle ahility. witli 
the I'ree opjjortunities that could ordy come where 
opj)ortunities were so free as exi.sted in the 
Initi'd .States. I'jivy had no |»laee in liis com- 
position. II( was j)reeminently what is known 
as a stand-j)atter and proud of it. He lost no 
oppoitunity upon the jjlatforni or in the press 
of actiuaintin^' his fellow citizens with his views. 
There nii,L,dit Ik- doiiht ahout others, Senators and 
Congressmen mi/^dit waver, candidates miglit sit 
upon the fence or straddle it, hut no one e\er 
douhted where could always be found the \ ice 

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President. Scores of able men in public life 
who were equally courageous during this craze 
were driven out and consigned to private life. 
It is a marvel how he retained his hold and popu- 
larity. But the same qualities which made his 
countrymen call him " Sunny Jim," dissipated 
all enmity and disarmed opposition. It is most 
remarkable that at this peculiar and critical junc- 
ture such a man could have won without opposi- 
tion this coveted honor of the second nomination 
to the second highest office in the gift of the 
people. 

Now, my friends, what is a stand-patter, any- 
way? He is never praised but generally abused. 
He is attacked as an obstructionist. He is said 
to stand in the way of progress, and to be the 
enemy of reform. But an intelligent and cour- 
ageous stand-patter is a wise reformer who does 
not believe that all change is reform. He is a 
beneficent progressive who believes that progress 
is the law of nations and of individuals, but along 
demonstrated lines, and not either by excursions 
into the unknown or the repetition of experi- 
ments which have proved failures wherever tried. 

I have spoken of heredity as influencing char- 
acter, and the stand-patism in our friend came 
from the strain of Puritanism which he inherited 
from old Captain John Sherman of Cromwell's 
Army, who was his ancestor as well as mine, and 
who came over, because of his faith which he 

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would iiiit sunt iiiirr, aiunn^r the «arly Puritans 
of Massarlmsctts. That i'liritan strain kept him 
lirni in the t'aitli, liotli in sjxtili and in prnrticf, 
and Nslnlc he had htfonic tn an cxtniordiimry 
tlt'^m* nidikc his aiu'cstnr, one of thr most 
prnial, fom|)anional)If and loval>h- of mm, nrvcr- 
thi'U'ss. hkc his anrcstor. In- would have ^oni* to 
tho stake for a doi^nna in ?(h;^noii or into ol>- 
seurit\' t'oi* a j)i"iiici|ilc in pnhtic^s. 

Lincoln was a stand-j>at t<r in his time. He* 
rcsisttd all the jiassionatt- and \ iolcnt foros of 
his day. The Aholitionists, Ic*! hy Wiiluuii 
Lloyd (;arrison and Wrndi-ll rhilli|»s. had no 
faith in him as a fandiilatc f(»r the l*r<si(li-ncy, 
whik- aftiT he Ixramc I'nsidt-nt. it was ordy Ik- 
causf he was the most remarkahle man of his 
time that he was ahle to resist the radiejd avsault.s 
of Stiiator Waide and 'I'haddeus Stcvclis in 
Congress and Horace (ireeley in the press. The 
most remarkahle stand-patism in Mr. Lincoln's 
administration was his resistance for nearly three 
years of a determination so strong to make him 
issue his iMuaneipation rioelamation that im- 
peachment was freely discussed among the more 
advanced of the radicals. 

I have all my life heen a cIom.- ohserver of 
legislation, fidin early participation as a Mem- 
ber of the Legislature and .suhseijuent study aiul 
twelve years in the Cnited .States .Senate. I \sas 
in the Legislature of our State lifty-«iie years 

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ago. During my second term I was for one 
session of the Legislature, while the Speaker was 
unable to perform his duty, the Acting Speaker 
of the New York Assembly. The House was 
evenly divided between both parties. The posi- 
tion of Speaker was a most difficult one, and it 
gave me an interest in the office and an under- 
standing of its requirements which have lasted 
me through life. I have an exceeding admira- 
tion for anybody who can acceptably perform 
the duties of the presiding officer of a deliberative 
body. Such a place requires more tact, skill, 
quick judgment and instantaneous decision than 
any other place in public life. The presiding 
officer must have the support not only of his 
political friends but he must enjoy the confidence 
of his political enemies, because of his fairness 
and judicial temperament, and he must possess 
almost the temper of an angel. 

The greatest Speakers I have ever known, and 
I had the opportunity of knowing mucli of them, 
were James G. Blaine and Thomas B. Reed. 
They had not only an acquired talent but a posi- 
tive genius for this office, but they lacked the one 
essential which made the success of Sherman. 
Reed raised fierce and violent antagonisms so 
passionate that if he had not had a great politi- 
cal majority with him he could not have held his 
place. Blaine had geniality to a remarkable 
degree, but he failed to have that hold upon 

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liis |)<)litic;il npjiiiiinits !)y tluit imlrMTilialilr aA- 
li-^c (•iHiiiiiniricss \vhn-li cliaractrri/r.l Slicrinttll's 
relations witli all men. 

In Ihc Si iiatf. uc lia\f ii«) iiil< s. Mr. SluT- 
iiiaii lia.l Ix.ii i-lti>s.u l.y dilVcniit Sprakrrs in 
the ll()us<- of l{(|)r<Mntativ(s ti) act if» their 
plaiT uluii lluv left tlir cliair and t.. pn si<lr over 
the CoMiinitlcr of thr \\'\vAf. Tli- lIoiiM- is 
;,r()vrnif.i l)V a collection of rnlc.s wliich arc vcr)' 
ri^rid and a line <•!" preccdt iits wliicli tills voluines. 
It was a most dillii-ult tiling I'or Mr. Shennan 
to In- taken from a place like that to preside 
(.ver a htuly uhi»-h is LToNerned practically hy no 
ruK s whatever, hut is a rule unto itself. Senators, 
especially the older ones, resent any ctTort on tlu- 
part of the chair to curh their wandering?* «>r 
the carrvin<,' nut of their own. sometimes ver\- 
unre^rulated. wills. One of the stron>,'i-st men 
in the Senate, as well as one of the most ijuarrel- 
some, took a position, was called to order an<i the 
Vice President decided a«rainst him. The Sena- 
tor instantly (Iceland that the independeiun.- of 
the Senate had heen invaded hy the Vice Presi- 
dent who was not a memher of the Senate hut 
only its Constitutional presiding,' otricer; that hr 
ha(i no rii,dit to iise a i)osition which was lar^'ely 
one of courtt.sy to violate tlu- traditions «)f the 
most au^nist Ixxiy in the world and deny, or at- 
tem])t to deny, to a Senator the rights to winch 
every Senator was entitled. It was a pen»onal 

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attack ; it was a bitter one. The scene was dra- 
matic. The situation was very tense. Most 
presiding officers would have lost their temper, 
or at least shown heat. It was a studied effort 
to humiliate the Vice President. Sherman's at- 
titude was perfect. There was not the slightest 
indication in his manner or speech that the per- 
sonal element was in his thought. He was the 
presiding officer personified. With perfect calm- 
ness, good humor and dignity, he stated the case 
to a breathless Senate. He did it so clearly and 
convincingly that the Senate sat down upon the 
tumultuous Senator, and Sherman's decisions 
were never after questioned. 

The study of Vice Presidents has been to me 
always an interesting one. I knew Mr. Hamlin, 
the Vice President during Mr. Lincoln's first 
term, and all of them since. The Vice Presi- 
dency is not an ideal position. It was placed in 
the Constitution to provide an heir to the Presi- 
dency. Curiously enough the framers of the 
Constitution never looked to the contingency 
of both President and Vice President dying. 
That has been remedied only within recent years. 
In seeking to find some duties for the Vice Presi- 
dent, it was fuially decided to make him the 
presiding officer of the Senate, with no power 
except to vote when there was a tie. It requires 
a statesman of unusual gifts to sustain with dig- 
nity this position, and have no portion of the 

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power wliicli appartritly sliouM l.»liiii^ tn the 
s«i-()ii(i luLrlicst oiVu'f in tlic (*«niiitrv. A fntlirr 
t'lu'oiirai^n-s liis snn mikI luir tn prcjinn- hiiiusclf 
for liis j)l:icc ami the administration of his rHtnte, 
ImiI l'i(M(|(iits wMiil Id siicci (d tliirnsflvrs for nt 
li'a.st one trrni and rcMiit any pninilricnco or 
p<)|)nlarity \\hirli niiirht make a V'wv VrvsuUixi 
H (•(»mp( titor. So Pnsidrnts arc nhuost nhvavs 
jraltMis of tin- \'i(( rrcsiddit. and k««j> him at 
a distant-r. 'I'hcy rarely want liis advicx* niid 
they do not want liim to share in ar>y wav in the 
responsihilitiis or in the fame of the aet.s of thr 
administration. This is not |)eculiar to our 
Presidents. I have known the heirs to the throne 
of several eoiintries in l-'urope. There is no posi- 
tion so dilheiilt. The .s<T\erei;,'-n is never on ^o<kI 
terms with his heir. The ohkr the .soverei;^'n 
^^rows tlic more distasteful iR'conics the netivities 
of the soFi who is to Ik- his suecessor. It requires 
the rarest taet and forln-aranee for the stm to 
keep even on ^ood soeial relations witli his father 
the Emperor or the Kini^'. or his mother the 
Queen. I rememlRT. l>eeause I knew him .so well, 
the ditllenlties which surrounded the late Kinjf 
Kdward in this respiet. His mother was a most 
masterful and eapahle nder, hut as she ^rew 
older she heeame more jealous of the pren>^a- 
tives of the throne. Her son for a (piarter of a 
centur\' was old enou;^di and eapahle of Ix-in^ 
King, and it is one of the highest tributes to 



his diplomatic ability that he could have con- 
siderable influence and still so adjust himself to 
the situation as not to arouse the jealousies of 
his mother. Presidents do not welcome Vice 
Presidents to Cabinet consultations or confer- 
ences at the White House. Nothing is so dis- 
turbing, I might almost say offensive, to a Presi- 
dent as to have it generally imderstood that 
some measure of administration, some suggestion 
to the Congress, some policy enunciated, came 
from the Vice President. It has been said that 
the only exception to this rule was Hobart. Mr. 
Hobart was a most agreeable gentleman, with 
wonderful tact and abihty of self-effacement, 
while McKinley, on the other hand, was one of 
the most sweet tempered and amiable of men. 
Undoubtedly ]Mr. Hobart was oftener in the 
White House and in consultation with the Presi- 
dent than any of his predecessors, but when this 
fact became exaggerated in the press into a com- 
mon statement that the Vice President was con- 
sulted on all questions and his advice in a measure 
potential, it so annoyed the President that it 
would not have been long before this cordial rela- 
tion was terminated. Sherman had been in Con- 
gress through many administrations and thor- 
oughly understood this situation. He never 
attempted in any way to influence or direct the 
administration of President Taft. He was al- 
ways ready for consultation, but never let it be 

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know II tli;it li( lia«l Ih<m cniisuUr.l. If u nm- 
ftrtiuT li.itl «><»nn<.| wImtc his \ irw lind U-cii 
ncftplcd. li< wniiM li;i\( Ik(M tlic first t<> n-vK-rt, 
if th.' ijU.stl.'ii li;i(l Ixtn r.iisr.l. tliut tlir niiu'lu- 
sioiis arn\«(l at udc tli'- tinal lud^MiH-nt nf \\\r 
I'ri'sidinl hiiiisrlf. 

Mr. Shrrriiaii iri,|<>>(il Id'r in (\< ry jiliasr. II«- 
liad tlif rarest (.f social ^nfts. lint liis ixipu- 
lantv \sas ni>t (l(|>(iid( nt upnti tin s. . \\r u its an 
iiuk'tati<,^alil<- wmkir Tcr his l)arty "p f'..r hi.s 
fritrids, hut tlu- hold which he had iipoii all who 
knew him was not dcpindcnt upon these. Kvrn*- 
one who knew him at all knew the wonderful 
iid(iit\, ixTsistence and stren<;th of |jis fricnd- 
shii)s. lie would ,Lr<> farther and risk more tn Ih.-- 
fricnd a friend in whom he iKlieved, hut who wa.s 
for the moment under a cloud, than almost any 
Hian in i)nhlic life. The stead fa.stncss whicii 
characterized his adherence to his political oj)in- 
ions was ci|ually strong' in his personal relations. 
By reason of these exceptional (jualitics. he has 
joined the majority rcL^arded and mourned hy 
a multitude of friends. Hut Ixyond this ^'enera- 
tion he will live. There are two kinds of men 
who rive to distinction, one is the ^rtuius who is 
^r,,vern((l hy no rules, the other is the man n^ ho 
i.s LTovernt'd hy rules the same as others, hut 
somehow he is excej)tional. IVeeisely wliat 
makes him exceptional it is diHicult to discover. 
Amon«,r his friends an- many who arc as able 

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and as cultured, whose character is as high, and 
whose work is as good, and yet in a way which 
they could not explain he is their superior. In 
other words, he is an exceptional man. 

Mr. Sherman was one of the finest representa- 
tives of this class. He knew how to do or to 
say the right thing at the right time. He knew 
how to differ with others, and to differ radi- 
cally, and at the same time retain a whole-hearted 
and cordial relationship even with those who 
could not agree with him. It was his gift to 
have the confidence in a rare degree of those who 
differed with him because they never distrusted 
him. His career will always be a bright one in 
the history of our State, and in the story of our 
Vice Presidents he will always hold a unique 
and distinguished place. 

[At the conclusion of Senator Depew's ad- 
dress the New York Templar Quartet rendered 
" Lead Kindly Light."] 

LEAD KINDLY LIGHT 

Lead kindly Light amid the circling gloom; 

Lead Thou me on ! 
The night is dark, and I am far from home; 

Lead Thou me on ! 
Keep Thou my feet ; I do not ask to see 
The distant scene; one step enough for me. 

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I was in>t i\( T lliiis. ru>r juasid tlint 'I'lnni 

Sliniiltist |( ad iiir oil ; 
1 Ii>\((l til rliDnsc and src iiiv jiatlr. hut now 

I .cad Tlinii iiir Mil I 

T loved tlic ;^^arisli day, ami. sjntc of fcnrs. 
l*rid<' ruled my uill. U( iiieMilHr not past years! 

So loriLT 1 liv j)nu( r lias Mest iiie. sure It still 

Will lead me on 
()'(!• mnnr and tfii. o'er eray- and ti)rrent, till 

The nii^dit is frolic. 
And with tin- morn those ari^^fel facts sinijc 
W'hiili 1 lia\( lo\((l lor>^ since, and lf»st awhile! 



Mi{. ( )i,c orr: Mr. Maynard. 

>ri{. 1?! rni N T.I SI. IK ^T.wn.skp: T liavc here 
a simpli-, hrief .statement. 1 have known James 
Schoolcraft Sherman practically all the days of 
my ]il"<- and will say that I can conlirm in every 
respect the estimate which has l)een olTercil as to 
his character hy Senator l{<M)t, and witli the 
statement that he was one of the nun of my 
ac(|uaintance whom I truly and dicjily lit\ cd. 
and that the fact tliat I po.sse.ssed his contidenet- 
and Iiis friendship will Ik.' regarded l)y me 
throu^diout the days of my life as its choicx-st 
treasure, I will ])lace Infore you, in aeeordanoe 
with \()ur rerjuest. a hrii f miinite for adoption 
hv the C'luh. 



;{.'} 



Minute and Resolution of The Republican Club 
of the City of New York upon the death 
of James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice 
President of the United States of Amenca, 
adopted at a Memorial Meeting, November 
24th, 1912: 

James Schoolcraft Sherman, Vice Presi- 
dent of the United States, departed this Hfe 
October 30th, 1912, at his home, at Utica, X. Y. 
— the city of his birth. 

!Mr. Sherman was the son of General Richard 
U. Sherman and Mary Frances Sherman. His 
paternal ancestors were of staunch Enghsh stock, 
which came to Rhode Island in the seventeenth 
century and migrated thence to the State of Xew 
York, taldng up a permanent abode in that part 
of the beautiful and fertile valley of the JNIohawk 
now kno^v^l as Oneida County. 

Mr. Sherman prepared for college at Whites- 
town Seminarj^ — an historic and honored insti- 
tution of learning — and was graduated there- 
from in June, 1874. In the autumn of that year 
he matriculated at Hamilton College, and was 
graduated from that institution with the Class 
of '78. His excellence in oratory and extempo- 
raneous debate won for him in college distin- 
guished honors, while his genial temperament 

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and MiiiiiN (lis|)()^lli(•ll niailc liini al all tiiiKs tiu- 
most popular man of Ins class. Ills stcacifast 
lovalty to his Alma Matt r in suliscmirnt yi-ar.s 
is to-{|a\' a jMtcious IcLTacy at Ilamilton ColU-^f, 
wluTf liis mt nior\ will r\{\- irmain ^ncn ami 
tlu' record of Ills arliu\ <in(nt s an inspiration to 
liiLiIi aim and ardrnt cndcaN o|-. 

Mr. Sherman was admittrd to flu- liar of the 
State of New ^'orl^ in ISSO. aixl practiccrl law 
at I'tica. \. ^ .. lor many yiars with distm- 
<^iiislu(l sui-i-fss. lit- retired from aetiial |»rae- 
tiee in January, 1!M)7. 

II Is iTiu If I II r 

In ISSK at the a;j:e of twenty-nine, ho was 
elected Mayor of the City of Ttiea. In ISSf. 
he was nominated for Congress hy tlu* Hepuh- 
liean i)arty of his hoMK- district, and elected hy 
a irratifvinLT maioritv. He \\as rt turned to the 
House hy his constituents a^ain and a«^'ain. serv- 
ing his district there for full twenty years hefore 
his election to the distinLTuished oflice of Vice 
President made him the |)residin;^^ orticer of the 
Senate of the United States. 

'rhrou;j:hout his couLiressional i-areer Mr. Sher- 
man enjoved the eonlidence of the leaders of the 
Kepuhliean ])arty. And during the last decade 
of his piihlie service, j)roha})ly no other Kepuh- 
liean exercised so great or so wholesome an in- 
fluence u])on matters of \ation-wide importance. 

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Mr. Sherman served with marked acceptance 
and abiHty upon the most important committees 
of the House. A skilled parliamentarian, he was 
frequently called to the Chair by the Speaker 
of the House, where his ready and impartial 
rulings won for him the respect and esteem of 
his fellow members. 

His wide and varied experience in the House 
made him instant master of the situation when, 
as Vice President of the United States, he as- 
sumed the duties of presiding officer of the 
Senate. Mr. Sherman fully appreciated the 
responsibility of that exalted office, and he ap- 
plied the rules adopted by the Senate, and con- 
trolling its procedure, so fairly and impartially 
as to win the plaudits of Democrats and Repub- 
licans alike. 

Mr. Sherman was a staunch and steadfast 
Republican. He believed in the principles of 
the party. He was satisfied with our form of 
government as it at present exists. He did not 
chase after new and strange vagaries. The 
initiative, the referendum, and the recall were 
not for him. And the recall of judicial decisions 
was to his mind simple anarchy. 

Suffering from an incurable disease — evi- 
dently aware of the jeopardy to life which his 
decision involved — Mr. Sherman accepted a sec- 
ond nomination for Vice President from the 
Republican party, and gave to its service in its 

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great strii;^>j:U- tt) iiinintuiri tlir aiicirnt Iniul- 
liiarks, and tn slay tin- rising' ti«lr of intrriinl 
(lisst iisioii. Ills last lull iiuasiirf cif devotion. 

( )m thf 'ja.l (lay of ()«-tnl»« r. I'.U'J hvsvu dayf 
prioi" tn liis (hiiiisr with the sliadow «»f drnth 
ttun npon liini. lu- issued Ins final call to the 
people of till' land uliieh he lovitl, the land to 
^\hieh he had jj:i\(!» the srrviee «)f Iji.s ninturc 
nianhooii. lie difd in tiie harness, widcdy loveil 
and resjKited; rieh in larthly honors nrul dis- 
tinetions; lea\ in;,^ to the Hejinhliearj j)arty the 
It'gaev of a life of high and hon()rahlc emhavor, 
tlio ret^ord of iH-neticvnt j)rineipk*s rnnctt'ti ir»to 
laws, and a name graven deep in the iiuperish- 
ahle granite of a Nation's gratitude and reniein- 
hranee. Therefore, he it now 

Hisftlvcd. That, in eoniinon nith our State 
and Xa!ii>n, Tlir H« jiiiMiean C'lid) of the City 
of Xtw ^'o^k mourns the loss of our fellow 
memher, .Iamis Sinooi.iiiArr Shk.rman. ^'ice 
President of the I'nited States: 

That we hereby pay our sincere trihute to the 
memorv of a zealous statesman and patriot; an 
honored leader: a devoted liushand; a loving 
father: a steadfast and loyal friend: 

TJidt we extend to his hereaved uid«)w and 
family (»ur resj)eetful condolences ami «»ur deep 
sympathy in their great allliction: 

That the foregoing Minute he adoj)tetl hy the 
Clul> and spread in full u|)on its reeords; aiid, 

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further, that an engrossed and attested copy 
thereof be sent to the widow of decedent. 

Reuben Leslie Maynard, 

Committee. 



Me. Olcott: ]Mr. Littauer. 

Me. Littauer: In the few words it will be 
my highly appreciated privilege to deliver here to 
the memory of James Schoolcraft Sherman, I 
want to dwell, not so much on his intellect and 
eminent achievement, but particularly to speak 
upon the great and noble qualities of mind and 
heart which so endeared him to those of us privi- 
leged to have known him as an intimate com- 
panion; qualities which so endeared him to us 
that with heavy hearts we wreathe for him laur- 
els of love, of affection and of esteem. While 
we share deeply the general public sorrow, our 
tribute is to an endeared companion. We mourn 
the loss of the Vice President of the United 
States, but most we mourn the man. 

Sherman was a man made to be loved and he 
was loved. He was as near an unselfish human 
being as it is possible for man to attain, and for 
this predominant trait we loved him most. His 
kindly face, his genial companionship, his helpful 
counsel, his cheerful voice, will never be oblit- 
erated from the memory of his associates. His 

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frit'udsliij) was one- nf tin* prirrlcvs hlcvHiiifipi of 
niy lifi-; and tin- xcry stiii.siuiu* Mtins iinl so 
hritrlit or uarm as wlini lir liviti, I Imvr thr 
|)()ut r liiit to litter the siiiiplr trihiitr i}f a fri< ml, 
Nvitli no words coiimiiiisurat*- with tin* iiii^litv 
(low ot' rciliri^'s that siir^c thrnu^di iiiv lu-art. 
My iittcraiu'c is ton fccMc to cxjjrrss tin* imas- 
iirc of lioiioi- ami <iici»miiiiii wlucli his rariHT 
merits, witli which his coMipanion.shij) hlesscd \\s, 
and which I would lon<^r to jiav to his memory. 

The most valiiahh- of all earthlv |M)ss<'vsic)f».s 
is a true and faithlul friend. 'I'hos<- uhokiirw 
Sluriiian h<st. \slio were a.ss(K*iatcd most in- 
timately with him. rcspirtrd and loved liim most. 
^Mcxlcst. nnassuminLT. deiiKM'ratic, ne\«T Injastfid, 
never vin(iii'ti\e. no unkind or uncharitahle ex- 
pression escaped his lij)s. IMain. frank, out- 
sj)okeii. tnilliful. candid. sinc»-re. he was ever 
charitahK' in consideration of those* wjio opposed 
him. 

.Sherman was striinLf in his friendships, a iroo<l 
lo\cr. not so «ifood a hater; lie Fie\(T looked for 
tr()ul)lc. yet he never souL,dit evasion of his full 
.share of responsihility. ]\y nature he was sunny 
and cheerful, and tjie atmosj)here in his preseriec 
was ahsays \sarm. hriirlit and lt* ni.al. His life 
was ht aiitit'ul and inspiriiiLT. de\()ted to the |)uh- 
lic wi-lfarc. Devoted to his nei^hhors as a helper, 
friend and heloved companion, his eoniial et)ur- 
tesy and impartial kindness made him a eoun- 



selor and helper of all with whom he was thrown 
in contact. 

No citizen of the United States was more 
typically an American; no other country could 
have produced just such a character. He be- 
longed to no class; he represented broadly the 
citizenship of our country. He was neither 
proud nor humble. He never reached the point 
of forgetting the round of the ladder on which 
he began to climb. His hat was never too small 
for his head. Possessed of natural dignity, he 
had no frills, no strained deportment to sustain 
the dignity which was so natural to him. 

His forebears Mere of an honorable estate. 
His youth was spent in the vicinity of Utica 
in a wholesome fashion, which instilled in him 
the resolute ambition which brought fruition in 
his maturity. His life at the near-by college 
was full of promise. His attachments to his 
collegemates and to the interests of Hamilton 
College were constant and loyal. He was early 
blessed with a pure, devoted domestic affection, 
which continually increased throughout the many 
years of tnie companionship; blessed with chil- 
dren and grandchildren who added continually 
more and more to the happiness of his existence. 
A familj^ I believe, over whom his spirit must now 
and ever will be watching. The nation mourns 
an ideal Vice President. Our State and his old 
Congressional District, with the City of Utica, 

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mouni an alilr arid patrintic- K-^'i.slatnr. Hul 
family an- m\ »r(i»riic with tlir loss <jf a dcvfitcfi 
and kind luisltand and fatlMr; and \sr iM«»iirn 
tin- li'ss nf a warm and faitliful frirud. II'- 
doulitlcss liad t'anlU and frailties and liutnan 
wiakiussfs, !iiit lie was s(» int( ris(l\- Iniman I 
could IKMT s(»- tlu-m. To-day tin- world s«-«riis 
hnusomc witiionf dim Slwrman. 

!!( (I(\(it((l jiims( If witli tireless eiier^v and 
^Tnuinc (iitlinsiasm to e\erytliin^' tliat he un- 
dertook, and liis intelli^^ent, thou^ditful ^lidancc 
of his und( itakin^s hrout^dft well merited suo- 
c'l ss. I'oi- a (juarter of a century the Capitol at 
WashiiiLrtdn was tlic chief .s|)herf of his \v<»rk. 
There he lahoied incessantly, thoughtfully and 
most ctVccti\ ely. I le lu \ er heralded his spctrches, 
never posed for elliit. never kept his eyes inov- 
ini,'- toward tin- Lr;dl( ries. His tireless energy, his 
accuiati' know led LTe. his (juick Cf)iiception, his ^ift 
of clear i\pi'issi(»n soon earned for him leader- 
ship. 

As a parliamentarian, as a debater, he was 
(juick, apt and skillful, hut preeminently fair 
and candid; he never apj)ealed to either preju- 
dice or passion. .Sherman's charity was !)road 
minded foi- the oj)inions. the faults, tlie hannless 
vanitiis of otln rs; no on<- was so ^eFierallv loved, 
respccteii and had so larije a followin^^ amon^ 
opponents who believed in liim. He gained mas- 

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tery by his logic and the cleverness of the argu- 
ments with which he presented his cause. 

His eloquence found expression in clear and 
sonorous notes. The earnestness of his convic- 
tions, the power of his logic, the charm of his 
speech were all heightened by the tone of his 
voice. Yea, his voice was the best exemplar of 
himself, the best reflection of the man. Every- 
one who came under the charm of that voice 
recognized the pure, broad qualities of the man. 

The great measure of Sherman's fame w^as his 
service in the House of Representatives: there 
he was a Republican of Republicans. A strong 
partisan — he could be nothing else — a staunch 
believer in protection to home industries, for 
which principle he was ready to go to the stake 
for sacrifice, and he was a brilliant exponent of 
the results achieved through that policy. 

He believed in a liberal construction of our 
written Constitution, convinced that the Nation 
thereunder had the power to do everything re- 
quired for the common welfare. He was by na- 
ture a lover of obedience to the law and of 
liberty under control. He clung to that which 
had been demonstrated to be good; he was far 
removed from those reactionary tendencies which 
often injure and discredit consei-vatism. His 
congressional influence was most potent, for he 
had the genius of being effective, of being able 
to persuade and accomplish where others failed. 

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His (limtioij of tlic a Hairs of lii- Itnliaiui for 
sixtrtn yrars. rtsii!lf<I in a cnnijjljtc- rtvcnml 
<'t' the |iiilicy of (hr Natinfj tnuanl its wnnls. 
lie ;i(l\tKiit((l pay for tin- Indians' work, rnthcr 
than contiimancc nf the jiolicv of tijrir ^gratui- 
tous sujjport. 'I'lif rcMilt is visible in the Urscr- 
vatioris uIhtc IIk- Indian. rt-fonipcnsiMl for his 
laltor. lias I( ariud to rcali/f his indt |H-n(l(*n(v and 
\\ nrth. 

llf uoiIxkI to make the world Uttrr. to inakt 
happiiT the lives of nun, to extend the fkKI of 
eonttritiiunt. 

His career was nnt a roynl road to eminence, 
but step hy step, year afttr year, his worth wn.s 
reeo^rnized until the Nutiun elected him its Vice 
President. 

lUeo^nizin;,^ fully the ^-rentriess an<] abilities 
of his j)rede('essors, j)resi(lin^ over the Senate, 
it can he truthfully niaintaine<l that he made 
more of that <»Teat otlicc than any who have 
preceded him. With hmad parliamentary train- 
ing and practice, he was an ideal presidin|^ of- 
ficer, e\ir impartial. proFiipt and decisive; hut 
he was to the Senate more than its presiding 
oflicer. Sherman's stroni^ jKTsonality was recog- 
nized in the Senate C'hamher. His patriotism, 
his wisdom, and his clear ct)nvictions made them- 
selves felt in that au^^ust IxkIv. He did not 
stand apart from responsibilities, but assumetl 
them wIkii necessity arose. He enhaneeti the 

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importance of his ojffice. His influence for good 
was felt, heartily appreciated and profoundly 
acknowledged. 

Men die memorable for works accomplished, 
for heroic deeds, for marvelous inventions and 
improvements ; but Jim Sherman leaves a simple 
monument, so pure, so high, so near to every hu- 
man being! Just a real unselfish love for hu- 
manity, an unusual consideration of the interests 
of others regardless of self. What greater monu- 
ment in these days of selfish rush and push for 
power and wealth! 

His place will be among those who loved their 
fellowmen, who loved their country, who gave 
the best that was in him for their advancement 
and betterment; a paragon of unselfishness, in- 
tegrity and patriotism. Death came to him as 
his coronation. Everyone who knew him will 
be forever grateful to the Almighty for having 
known such a character. We who are left behind 
are broader, truer, better men for association 
with him. 

" To live in hearts we leave behind is not to 
die." 

President Olcott : The Chair would be glad 
to hear any further remarks upon the resolution 
which has been presented. If there are no fur- 
ther remarks, the resolution will be put, and I 
will ask that the resolutions be adopted by a ris- 
ing vote. The motion is unanimously carried. 

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iSi'ii^^ \)\ 'r(iiii>l!ii- t^ii;irt«t. NrariT M) 
Ci.ul ti) 'riuf! "1 



N l-..\i;i.K M ^ i.nl) 1 () 1111.1 

NiariT. my (ind. to Thcc» 

Ntarcr to 'l"iu«-; 
K'cii tiiDii^'li it Ik- a (•r()^s 

'I'liJit rai.sttij IIH-; 
Still all my snus^^ shall lie, 
Nt'arcr. my (it)<l, to 'I'lice, 

Ntarc r to Thee. 

'riiouLrh likf the uamltTtr, 

'1'Ir- siiu ^oiu' down. 
Darkness \h- over mc, 

M V rest a stone ; 
Vet in my dreams I'd \k' 
Nearer, my (io<l, to Thcc» 

Nearer to Thee. 

Or if on .)o\rnl wing 

Cleaving the sky. 
Sun. moon, and stars forgot. 

\ ■ j)ward I tly. 
Still all my son^' shall he. 
Nearer, my (ifnl. tn Thee. 

Nearer to Thee. 



v.") 



The Sun, Wednesday, November 6, 1912. 

EDITORIAL. 

FORGETFULNESS. 

On Election Day, 1912: Gone and forgotten, 
except by a little household in Utica and some 
good neighbors. 

James Schoolcraft Sherman, 
Vice President of the United States. 

REMEMBERING MR. SHERMAN. 



The Republican Club of the City of New 
York. 

To the Editor of The Sun — Sir: I have 
just read the editorial note entitled " Forgetful- 
ness." 

JNIr. Sherman was a member of the Republican 
Club of the City of New York and upon his 
death the executive committee met and made ar- 
rangements for a proper memorial meeting and 
thereupon the club gave outward sign of its re- 
membrance of ]Mr. Sherman by properly draping 
its building. A committee of representative 
members of the club attended his funeral at 
Utica. In the midst of the political struggle 

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uliiili lias now ciiilfd tlu rr wjus imt tiinf nor c-'nM 

Mlllalilc (>^•^•a^l^»^ Ik- found to ]\:i\i !i III. II, • ,1 

incttiii^^ l"i>i- liim. 

As tilt j)i( si(i( lit of tlic clnh 1 vrnturr to write 
tins 1( tt< ]• to vtMi to say that the clul) and all of its 
niiinlxrs lia\c imt fori^ottc ii and will not for^it 
tlif diath of till V'wc rrcsidrnt «»f thr I'nitrd 
States and will always Imid in dctjH-st rt-vm-iuf 
tlir nitiiiory of tlif man .laint-s ScJjiKilcraft Slicr- 
luan. 

\\y contiiniin^ the work ur wvrv doin^ for tin- 
Ht j)til)lu an |)arty liaM- wi- not followed out what 
tli( real lift- of Sherman mrant and rrally paid 
a trihnti' to his nuniory^ It was a ^rrat hattlc 
and oni' of the ^rtat Kadcrs t'tll. hut tlu- mm 
in the ranks continued fi^^ditin^j. \ow that tl»c 
hattif is (»\tr wr will j>av trihutts. and wc cer- 
tainly tuviT uijl forget. 

J. \' AN \'rCIITFX Ol COTT. 

N 1 \\ \'<'i{K. \o\ rml'» r 7. r.M'-'. 



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